title: [The information awareness of physicians about legal foundations of medical activities].
abstract: The article deals with the results of analysis of physicians' information awareness about legal foundations of medical activities. The study included the sample of 918 medical workers (229 clinical interns and 689 physicians). To evaluate the readiness of medical stuff to inform the patients about their rights and duties during medical care provision and the implementation of these rights the indicator of relative number of right answers to the questions of test questionnaire was applied. This technique was used to measure the quality of legal background of medical workers. The inadequate average level of legal knowledge of physicians is revealed. It is demonstrated that the fullness of physicians' legal knowledge depends on labor experience, qualification and medical specialty. The need to revise the education programs on medical legal subject is substantiated. The necessity to record the test results at the physicians' certification is emphasized.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Tsyganova
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012426:Russia